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Establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan remains an immediate challenge for the international community. The NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) utilizes subject-matter expertise and extensive networks to support efforts to achieve greater stability in Afghanistan and the region. Through a blend of structured dialogues, applied research, and strategic outreach, ARP works…” to “Through a blend of structured dialogues, applied research, and strategic outreach, CIC’s Afghanistan Regional Project (ARP) works on many of the most pressing problems facing Afghanistan and the surrounding region - from reconciliation to security to regional cooperation.

CIC’s applied research also targets creating a better understanding of key actors and issues in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. In 2011 the Separating the Taliban from al-Qaeda report challenged several prevailing assumptions about the relationship between the groups. The findings contributed to the development of separate international sanctions lists, which was a key step in the development of preliminary talks with the Taliban about a potential political settlement.

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On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we are pleased to share some of the work we are most proud of from July 2017-June 2018 — work that we believe has contributed to advancing effective multilateral action to prevent crises and build peace, justice, and inclusion.

At the most recent Arria-formula meeting on Afghanistan on November 27, 2017, Barnett Rubin spoke on the importance of regional approaches in fostering development and peace. In his talk, Partners for Afghanistan: Linking Security, Development and Peace in the Central Asian Region.

This article examines the main cooperation fields between China and the US in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the post-NATO period. In doing so, this study looks at the initiation of various bilateral joint projects as a distinctive turning point in China-US relations. It argues that existence of such bilateral projects and cooperation in this region does not only produce added value for the countries in question but also have the potential to enhance the mutual relations between China and US.

On Monday November 23rd, CIC and the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) hosted a panel to discuss a new CIC report on China’s One-Belt-One-Road initiative (OBOR), its impact on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and how it relates to United States efforts in the broader region.